In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin"

Previous to entering into any details of the fauna of the Andamans and Nicobars, a glance at the depths of the surrounding ocean is interesting, and to a great extent explanator...

The Feast of Exhumation--A Scene in the Graveyard--"_Katap-hang_"-- "_Kiala_"--"_Enwan-n'gi_"--Fish Charms--Canoe Offerings--"_Ramal_"-- "_Gnunota_"--Converse with the Dead--"_K...

The Andamans, which together with the Nicobars form one of the minor dependencies of our Indian Empire, are situated in the Bengal Sea, between the parallels of 10 deg. 30' and...

The Evolution of the Nicobarese--Description--Character--Language-- Legends of Origin--Origin of Coco Palms--Invention of Punishments-- Superstitious Beliefs--Diseases--Medicine...

I do not think any excuse is needed for here giving in full Dampier's narrative of his experiences on Great Nicobar, and of his voyage thence to Acheen in a native canoe.

To the Nicobars--A Tide-Race--A Change of Scene--Sawi Bay-- Geological Formation--V. Solomon--M[=u]s Village--Living-Houses-- Kitchens--Fruit-Trees--The Natives--Headman Offandi...

The Nicobar Islands and their Aborigines--The Islands--Coral Banks--Nankauri Harbour--Population--Geology--Earthquakes-- Climate--Flora--History--The Shom Pe[.n]: their Derivati...

On the morning of the 5th we weighed anchor, and proceeded to Nankauri harbour. The entrance is about a quarter of a mile wide, and its northern coast, once the site of the Gove...

For some hours after we left Dring the breeze was very faint, but at midday a heavy squall with rain overtook us and carried us onward, so that we were soon sailing along the so...

"Domeat"--Malay Traders--Trade Prices--The Shom Pe[.n] Language-- Place Names--Pulo Babi--The growth of Land--Climbing a Palm Tree-- Servitude--Population--Views on Marriage wit...

Pulo Kunyi--Area of Great Nicobar--Mountains--Rivers--The Village-- The Shom Pe[.n]--Casuarina Bay--An ingenious "Dog-hobble"--In the Jungle--A Shom Pe[.n] Village--Men of the S...

A Tide-rip--Islets--A Cetacean--Pulo Milo--Timidity of the Natives--Little Nicobar--Geology--Flora--Population--Site for a Colony--Jungle Life--Banian Trees--The Houses and thei...

The Anchorage--The Island--Villages--We leave Kondul--Great Nicobar--Anchorage--Collecting--Up the Creek--A Bat Camp-- Young Bats--Traces of the Shom Pe[.n]--Bird Life--Fish--Ga...

We were six days out from land before Barren Island hove in sight. Since New Year's Day,[5] when we got up anchor amongst the islands of the Mergui Archipelago, the schooner had...

A fresh breeze from the north raised an army of dancing white-caps on the sea, as, rolling along with the wind astern, we made the run to Port Blair in about seven hours.

In 1778 Kar Nicobar was visited by Dr I. G. Koenig, a Swede, and pupil of Linnaeus. He spent many years in India, both as doctor to the Danish missionaries at Tranquebar, and as...

After leaving Port Blair, where we got up anchor at half-past three in the morning to make the most of a light breeze, we sailed slowly along the coast of South Andaman, until,...

The _Terrapin_, captain and owner Dr W. L. Abbott, is a Singapore-built teak schooner of 40 tons register and 67 tons yacht measurement. She is 65 feet long on the water-line, a...

Position of the Cinques--Anchorage--Clear Water--The Forest--Beach Formation--Native Hut--Little Andaman--Bumila Creek--Natives-- Flies--Personal Decoration--Dress and Modesty--...

On several occasions we crossed the harbour and visited the locality of the convict settlement formerly established on Kamorta, but given up in 1888, when the buildings were dis...

On our course to Tilanchong, we passed, after leaving the south end of Kar Nicobar, within a few miles of the little island of Batti Malv. It is scarcely more than a mile in len...

Trinkat is a low, flat island about five miles long and one wide, separated from Kamorta by the narrow strait in which we anchored. This is much choked with coral-reefs, on whic...

1, Shom Pe[.n] Spear (Great Nicobar). 2 and 3, "Hanoi cha," Canoe Decorations for bow, stern, and outrigger (Kar Nicobar). 4, Turtle Spear. 5 and 6, Wooden Fishing Spears. 7, Or...

To the Nicobars--A Tide-race--A Change of Scene-- Sawi Bay--Geological Formation--V. Solomon--M[=u]s Village--Living-houses--Kitchens--Fruit-trees--The Natives--Headman Offandi-...

Pulo Kunyi--Area of Great Nicobar--Mountains--Rivers--The Village--The Shom Pe[.n]--Casuarina Bay--An Ingenious "Dog-hobble"--In the Jungle--A Shom Pe[.n] Village--Men of the Sh...

The Feast of Exhumation--A Scene in the Graveyard-- "_Katap-hang_"--"_Kiala_"--"_Enwan-n'gi_"--Fish Charms-- Canoe Offerings--"_Ramal_"--"_Gnunota_"--Converse with the Dead--"_K...

"Domeat"--Malay Traders--Trade Prices--The Shom Pe[.n] Language--Place Names--Pulo Babi--The Growth of Land-- Climbing a Palm Tree--Servitude--Population--Views on Marriage with...

Position of the Cinques--Anchorage--Clear Water--The Forest--Beach Formation--Native Hut--Little Andaman-- Bumila Creek--Natives--Flies--Personal Decoration-- Dress and Modesty-...

A Tide-rip--Islets--A Cetacean--Pulo Milo--Timidity of the Natives--Little Nicobar--Geology--Flora--Population--Site for a Colony--Jungle Life--Banian Trees--The Houses and thei...

The Anchorage--The Island--Villages--We leave Kondul--Great Nicobar--Anchorage--Collecting--Up the Creek--A Bat Camp-- Young Bats--Traces of the Shom Pe[.n]--Bird Life--Fish-- G...

The Nicobar Islands and their Aborigines--The Islands--Coral Banks--Nankauri Harbour--Population--Geology--Earthquakes-- Climate--Flora--History--The Shom Pe[.n]: their Derivati...

The Evolution of the Nicobarese--Description--Character-- Language--Legends of Origin--Origin of Coco Palms--Invention of Punishments--Superstitious Beliefs--Diseases--Medicines...